Accession No

5702

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Vinca minor plant, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1858

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 375mm; height 458mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

‘VINCA MINOR
GEZ. v. FR. ENGLEDER, MUNCHEN’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Vinca minor: plant. Four diagrams, all printed and in colour. They are labelled from ‘a’ to ‘d’. Inscription is stencilled (Vinca Minor) and printed below the diagrams. Reference numbers in the bottom right and top right corners.
The chart appears to be made from three pices of paper taped together.

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